PUERTO PLATA.- Tragic deaths due to motorcycle accidents continue to occur in this Atlantic town where two young people died separately during the last hours.
The most recent victim was a Haitian citizen only identified Jean Baptiste who fractured his skull in a traffic accident that occurred on the highway that connects the rural communities El Naranjal and El Cupey.
The incident in which the foreign laborer died occurred at dawn on the first day of 2026, when the motorcycle on which Jean Baptiste was riding collided head-on with another motorcycle whose driver was seriously injured.
Likewise, young José Sánchez, who was seriously injured in an accident that occurred last Saturday, December 20, near the roundabout of the José Briceño stadium, died in a private health center in this city of San Felipe de Puerto Plata.
It was learned that said young man remained hospitalized for almost two weeks trying to survive the severe injuries he suffered when he was riding a motorcycle and was hit by an unknown vehicle whose driver fled.
